Thursday, November 28, 2013

This week's hot concerts

The
Greeville, SC-raised singer-songwriter best known for the `90s hits “Solitude”
and “I’ll Be” (which was recently covered on “The Voice”) returns to Shelby’s
vintage classic theater for the third Thanksgiving running.

On
its new album the envelope-pushing showmen of the New York’s theatrical
industrial metal stalwart proudly carry the nihilistic, beat-driven charge that
it’s wielded since the `90s when it helped ignite the growing, now influential,
genre. With youthful industrial-tinged, metallic alt-rock oufit the Rabid Whole.

Charlotte’s
New Familiars were honored to open for the Band drummer/vocalist and renowned
multi-instrumentalist in 2010. After his 2012 death it put together this local
all-star tribute, which features the Midwood Horns, Jason Atkins, and members
of Matrimony, Gigi Dover, and Chris Cook.

The
Tarheel crooner (formerly one half of Flat Duo Jets) is a rockabilly guitar
icon in the underground heralded by Jack White, Cat Power, Neko Case and actor
Anson Mount as an all-time favorite. He was the subject of a 2011 documentary
“Two Headed Cow.” Hear what all the fuss is still about decades into his career.

The
four octave Savatage vocalist has spent the last 20 years with holiday hard
rockers Trans Siberian Orchestra. He copes with the loss of Jon Oliva’s Pain
guitarist Matt LaPorte on a new solo album that incorporates the last recorded
work of his brother Criss Oliva, who died in 1993 car crash.

With
anticipation high for its major label full-length release in 2014, the
Charlotte-based band is staging a homecoming show (and its first at NoDa’s Chop
Shop) that will be filmed, so join in loudly during the sing-alongs.

The
Soundgarden frontman, whose band’s highly anticipated return to Charlotte was
scrapped due to inclement weather during May’s Carolina Rebellion, returns for
a much different “American Songbook” tour which revisits material from his varied
incarnations.

As
the original vocalist/guitarist for the Stranglers, the British punk icon
enjoyed 21 top 40 singles in the UK and Europe. Although not as well known in
the states, he hasn’t lost any of his bite on his latest solo album, “Totem and
Taboo.” It’s a mature, but raw record
that doesn’t sacrifice urgency or intelligence.

The Aussie soul outfit, who is recording its second album in Nashville, made a splash as the hot house band in a Heineken commercial but it's the nine-piece group's live show and flashy frontwomen - led by Browne - that are solidifying its reputation as a must-see act in the states.

Following
the June 4 release of its fourteenth studio album, “Super Collider,” influential
thrash metal pioneers Dave Mustaine, Dave Ellefson and company are back to
celebrate 30 years. With Fear Factory and Nonpoint.